From “The Phantom of the Opera”, “300”, “Global Storm”, the series “Fall” to the latest film “Greenland”, Gerard Butler continuously asserts himself with roles Diverse performances, requiring careful investment both physically and psychologically.
Turbulent childhood with unexpected turns
Gerard Butler was born in 1969 in Renfrewshire, Scotland, the youngest child in a strict Catholic family. When he was just 6 months old, his family moved to Montreal, Quebec.
A year later, his mother carried him back to Scotland after his broken marriage. At the age of 16, Gerard met his father again after more than a decade of losing contact.
The warmth of fatherly love seemed to give Butler strength and hope for the future. After many efforts, he was recruited to Glasgow University, majoring in Law, and even became president of the law student club.
But then the sudden passing of his father caused him to lose his spiritual support. From a student full of dreams and aspirations, he plunged into never-ending games, not knowing what tomorrow would bring, whether he would live or die.
In his final year of university, he was accepted as an intern at a law firm in Edinburgh, Scotland. But his alcoholism and careless attitude ruined everything. At age 25, the path to becoming a lawyer closed. Butler packed his bags and headed to London, looking for a new direction for himself.
First steps in acting career
In London, he earned a living through many different jobs from waiter, telemarketer, and sales person at fairs. Also here, Gerard Butler met his old friend, now a casting director. Listening to his friend’s advice, he auditioned and got a role in the play “Coriolanus” thanks to his talent and enthusiasm.
At the age of 27, he entered the professional acting path. At the age of 30, he moved to Los Angeles and gradually took his first steps into the world silver screen with roles in “Dracula 2000”, “Tomb Raider 2”, “Dear Frankie” and “Phantom of the Opera”.
In 2006, Gerard Butler’s career turning point came when he played the main role of Leonidas, the mighty king of Sparta in the movie “300” directed by Zack Snyder.
“300” grossed more than 456 million USD worldwide while the production cost was only 60 million USD, helping both Zack Snyder and Gerard Butler become sought-after names. His saying “This is Sparta” also entered the history of contemporary cinema.
Next, in 2007, Gerard Butler “refreshed” himself through the literary adaptation of the romantic film “PS I Love You” revolving around the letters left by husband Gerry for his wife after he passed away from a tumor. Brain.
The romantic, sweet but also extremely human content and the excellent performance of the couple Gerard Butler – Hilary Swank have brought many tears from the audience.
Gerard Butler is a talented and versatile
The film series “Fallen” or also known as “Fallen” includes “The White House Has Fallen” (Olympus Has Fallen, 2013), “London Has Fallen” (London Has Fallen, 2016), “The White House Has Fallen: The Traitor (Angel Has Fallen, 2019) both resonated and were loved by many action movie fans.
Gerard Butler excellently portrayed the character of Mike Banning, a loyal secret agent of the US President with eye-catching close combat actions and extremely memorable breathtaking takedowns.
Gerard Butler is also one of the actors with a remarkable track record of “escaping disaster” in Hollywood. In 2017, he played scientist Jake Lawson to prevent annihilation in the movie “Geostorm”.
In 2020, the action star born in 1969 continues to play the main role in the movie called “Greenland: Meteor Disaster” (English title: Greenland).
The film is set in the context of people around the world eagerly welcoming comet Clarke’s passing by Earth. But after the sudden impact, fragments of the giant meteorite continuously fell, destroying everything where it passed.
And from then on, people had to race against time to escape this terrible disaster. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), a talented engineer, receives a “ticket” to Greenland, where there are underground bunkers reserved for those chosen to live on after the apocalypse.
He quickly finds a way to bring his wife Allison (Morena Baccarin) and son Nathan to the promised land. But his lucky ticket also made them the target of many others’ attacks.
Besides the emphasis on visual and sound effects, the film especially impresses the audience through the story of family love, and especially exploits the good and evil elements of humans between the boundary of life and death.
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